Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs[c]
In office 24 July 2019 – 15 September 2021
Prime Minister
Boris Johnson
Preceded by
Jeremy Hunt
Succeeded by
Liz Truss
Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
In office 9 July 2018 – 15 November 2018
Prime Minister
Theresa May
Preceded by
David Davis
Succeeded by
Steve Barclay
Junior ministerial offices 2015–2018
Minister of State for Housing and Planning
In office 9 January 2018 – 9 July 2018
Prime Minister
Theresa May
Preceded by
Alok Sharma
Succeeded by
Kit Malthouse
Minister of State for Courts and Justice
In office 12 June 2017 – 9 January 2018
Prime Minister
Theresa May
Preceded by
Oliver Heald
Succeeded by
Rory Stewart
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Civil Liberties and Human Rights
In office 12 May 2015 – 16 July 2016
Prime Minister
David Cameron
Preceded by
Simon Hughes
Succeeded by
Phillip Lee
Member of Parliament for Esher and Walton
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 2010
Preceded by
Ian Taylor
Majority
2,743 (4.4%)
Personal details
Born
Dominic Rennie Raab
(1974-02-25) 25 February 1974 (age 50) Buckinghamshire, England
Political party
Conservative
Spouse
Erika Rey
Children
2
Education
Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford (BA) Jesus College, Cambridge (LLM)
Occupation
Politician
solicitor
civil servant
Signature
Website
www.dominicraab.com
Dominic Rennie Raab (/rɑːb/; born 25 February 1974) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Esher and Walton since 2010. From 2019 to 2023, with a brief period out of office during the Truss premiership, Raab was deputy to prime ministers Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak – as First Secretary of State until 2021 then as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom until 2023. Additionally he has served in the cabinet positions of Brexit Secretary, Foreign Secretary, Justice Secretary and Lord Chancellor.
Born in Buckinghamshire, Raab attended Dr Challoner's Grammar School. He studied law at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford and went on to study for a master's degree at Jesus College, Cambridge. He began his career as a solicitor at Linklaters, before working at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and as a political aide. He was elected for Esher and Walton at the 2010 general election. As a backbencher, Raab co-wrote a number of papers and books, including After the Coalition (2011) and Britannia Unchained (2012). He served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice in the second government of David Cameron from 2015 to 2016. Following Theresa May's appointment as Prime Minister, Raab returned to the backbenches but was appointed to the second May government as Minister of State for Courts and Justice following the 2017 general election. In the 2018 cabinet reshuffle, he was moved to the post of Minister of State for Housing and Planning.
In 2018, Raab was promoted to Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union following the resignation of David Davis. Two weeks later, May announced that she would take control of negotiations with the European Union, with Raab deputising for her and taking charge of domestic preparations for Brexit. Four months later, Raab resigned as Brexit Secretary in opposition to May's draft Brexit withdrawal agreement.
Following May's resignation in 2019, Raab ran to succeed her in the 2019 Conservative Party leadership election; he was eliminated in the second ballot of Conservative MPs. Following Boris Johnson's appointment as Prime Minister, Raab was appointed First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. In 2020, when the Department for International Development was merged with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Raab's post was retitled Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs. In the 2021 cabinet reshuffle, he was moved to the posts of Deputy Prime Minister, Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor. Following a stint on the backbenches during the premiership of Liz Truss, he was re-appointed to the posts in Rishi Sunak's ministry. He resigned from Sunak's government in April 2023 after an investigation upheld some complaints that he had bullied civil servants. Raab was critical of the investigation's findings and said that the threshold for bullying had been set too low. A month after his resignation he announced that he would be standing down as an MP at the next general election.
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Dominic Rennie Raab (/rɑːb/; born 25 February 1974) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Esher and Walton...
Conservative MPs have occurred during Sunak's premiership. Gavin Williamson and DominicRaab resigned from their roles in Cabinet in November 2022 and April 2023...
during the COVID-19 pandemic. DominicRaab was moved from foreign secretary to deputy prime minister and justice secretary. Raab was replaced as foreign secretary...
the people that would later join the FEG: Priti Patel, Kwasi Kwarteng, DominicRaab and Chris Skidmore. The book advocated for a number of policies, including...
last done so in February 2020. There had been growing speculation that DominicRaab would be demoted from his position as Foreign Secretary, as a result...
into bullying allegations against Deputy Prime Minister DominicRaab. 21 April – DominicRaab resigns as Deputy Prime Minister after the inquiry finds...
Human Rights Act 1998. It was introduced to the House of Commons by DominicRaab, the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Secretary of State...
facing Foreign Secretary DominicRaab". BBC News. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021. Foreign Secretary DominicRaab will be grilled by the Foreign...
Simon Hart as parliamentary secretary to the Treasury and chief whip, DominicRaab as deputy prime minister and justice secretary, Nadhim Zahawi as party...
replaced by Greg Hands, who was a Trade Minister prior to this appointment. DominicRaab resigned as Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary on 21 April 2023...
there have sometimes been extended gaps between successive holders. DominicRaab most recently held the position between July 2019 and September 2021...
In 2020, a year before being formally styled deputy prime minister, DominicRaab deputised for Boris Johnson while Johnson was in hospital with COVID-19...
a negative impact on his run whereas fellow candidate for leadership DominicRaab said he "admires [Gove's] honesty". Gove progressed following the first...
the Ministry of Defence. On 21 April 2023, Chalk was named to succeed DominicRaab as Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor. King Charles III...
into mediocrity". The book was written by Kwasi Kwarteng, Priti Patel, DominicRaab, Chris Skidmore and Liz Truss, five Conservative MPs who were elected...
Exiting the European Union by Theresa May following the resignation of DominicRaab in November 2018. He was retained in the position by Boris Johnson and...
November 2018, Braverman resigned on the same day that Davis' successor, DominicRaab, resigned as Brexit secretary in protest at Theresa May and Olly Robbins's...
Secretary DominicRaab joins race for Prime Minister". Daily Mirror. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019. "Raab and Leadsom...
the Cabinet office in February 2023 and, following the resignation of DominicRaab, was appointed deputy prime minister in April of the same year. Oliver...
April 2023. Raab, Dominic [@DominicRaab] (21 April 2023). "My resignation statement" (Tweet). Retrieved 21 April 2023 – via Twitter. "DominicRaab: Resignation...
Kingdom general election. He also donated £2,000 to the Foreign Secretary, DominicRaab. In 1971, he married Emma Chetwode, daughter of Major George David Chetwode...
officials had been offered "respite or a route out" amid bullying fears when DominicRaab returned to the MoJ. It was the first in a series of exclusives about...
OCLC 904756788. Kwarteng, Kwasi (2011). After the Coalition. Priti Patel, DominicRaab, Chris Skidmore and Elizabeth Truss. London: Biteback. ISBN 978-1-84954-212-8...
five British Conservative MPs at the time: Kwasi Kwarteng, Priti Patel, DominicRaab, Chris Skidmore, and Liz Truss, all of whom had entered Parliament in...
southern English constituencies, with a large swing that could even topple DominicRaab in Esher and Walton. At the beginning of the 2019 campaign, they had...
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